Three months after suffering a life-threatening wound in a shooting at a practice for a GOP congressional baseball team, Rep. Steve Scalise made a simple statement on social media.

"I'm back."

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The Louisiana lawmaker and House majority whip tweeted and posted to Facebook a photo showing a silhouette of himself and his wife, Jennifer, looking from the Capitol across the National Mall toward the Washington Monument.

Scalise then returned to the chamber floor just before 11 a.m. ET on Thursday to a long standing ovation.

“You have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people’s House,” he said.

Scalise addressed his colleagues, saying he prayed to God when he was shot and thanked the "true angels": the Capitol Police. Officer Crystal Griner was also wounded in the shooting, and Officer David Bailey was injured.

Bailey was present for the speech, sitting next to Jennfier Scalise: "David, you are my hero. You saved my life. Thank you so much," Scalise said as Bailey received an ovation of his own.

Scalise was shot in the hip on June 14 at a field in Alexandria, Va., as he practiced along with fellow Republican members of a congressional baseball team. James Hodgkinson, later identified as a left-wing activist, opened fire on the practice and wounded four people, including Scalise. Hodgkinson was shot and died of his wounds later that day.

Scalise, meanwhile, underwent surgery that day as the bullet traveled across his pelvis and injured internal organs. His condition improved over the ensuing week, but he was readmitted to intensive care for concerns of infection. He was discharged from MedStar Washington Hospital Center on July 26.

"While some people might focus on a tragic event and an evil act," Scalise said, "to me, all I remember are the thousands of acts of kindness and love and warmth that came out of this and kept me going through all of it."

The moment was one of bipartisanship in a divided time in Congress and the nation.

"Today we are Team Scalise," Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said.

Before the speech, CBS' Norah O'Donnell posted a photo to Instagram of House Speaker Paul Ryan hugging Scalise, saying he was "brought to tears" to see his friend.